May 5, 2012

Early voting totals are down in this year's municipal contest, according to local election officials, with just two days left to cast early ballots next week.

Early voting polls netted just 778 ballots â€” 678 in-person and 100 mail-in ballots â€” during the first five days of early voting, according to Howard County Elections Administrator Saundra Bloom, less than what she had expected in the contest.

â€śConsidering the volatility of the 4B tax project on the ballot, I had really expected to see higher totals by this point,â€ť Bloom said.

May 5, 2012

Raul Martinez, 51, of Big Spring died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Scenic Mountain Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Sunday at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. A prayer service will be at 8 p.m. Sunday at Myers & Smith Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 7, 2012, at Myers & Smith Chapel with the Rev. Craig Wascom of First Assembly of God Church officiating. Burial will be at Mount Olive Memorial Park.

May 5, 2012

May 5, 2012

Randy and Leigh Weisinger of Waco, Texas, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter Ashley Lauren Weisinger to George Taylor Leatham.
Ashley is the granddaughter of Raymond and Margaret Kilgo from Lakeway, Texas, and Delbert and Sue Weisinger, both deceased, from Houston, Texas.
The bride-elect received her bachelor of science in education with EC-4 with ESL from Tarleton State University. She is a kindergarten teacher at Midway ISD in Waco.
Taylor is the son of George and Mary Leatham from Big Spring.

May 5, 2012

Ambrie Megan Schaffner of Big Spring and Justin Richard Witte of Odessa announce their engagement.
Ambrie is the daughter of Shane and Cynthia Schaffner of Big Spring.
The bride elect is a 2008 graduate of Big Spring High School. She received her bachelor of science in social work from University of Texas Permain Basin in 2011. She is in graduate studies at the University of Texas at Arlington.